HP Contract Job Trends in London

HP
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of HP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HP over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Hewlett-Packard Company.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 319 310
Rank change year-on-year +15 -9 +13
Contract jobs citing HP 77 63 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.56% 0.41% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 1.20% 0.93% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 48 92
10th Percentile £154 £195 £198
25th Percentile £170 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% -13.89% -
75th Percentile £588 £500 £600
90th Percentile £641 £555 £675
England median daily rate £358 £425 £415
% change year-on-year -15.88% +2.41% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 1
10th Percentile £21.08 - -
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +1.28% -4.08%
75th Percentile - - £24.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £23.99 £24.00
% change year-on-year +4.84% -0.04% -4.00%

All Vendors
London

HP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,442 6,740 8,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.48% 43.72% 41.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,161 4,234 5,802
10th Percentile £325 £313 £305
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 60 122
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.44 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.66 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% -2.22% +57.50%
75th Percentile £35.96 £67.31 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £100.63 £82.68
England median hourly rate £25.00 £34.50 £44.20
% change year-on-year -27.54% -21.95% +73.33%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

HP job vacancy trend in London

HP
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HP

HP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in London over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in London

HP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HP

HP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the London region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -4 8 £496 +41.57% 16
West London -12 1 £475 -
South London - 1 £175 - 2
HP
England

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (19.48%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (41.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (16.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.30%) PORTIA
3 1 (1.30%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (48.05%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.39%) Azure
3 3 (3.90%) GCP
3 3 (3.90%) IaaS
3 3 (3.90%) PaaS
3 3 (3.90%) SaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.30%) AWS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.30%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 29 (37.66%) Wireless
2 12 (15.58%) SSL
3 3 (3.90%) Firewall
4 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.30%) DNS
5 1 (1.30%) FTP
5 1 (1.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.60%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.30%) MySQL
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.30%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (32.47%) JIRA
2 5 (6.49%) TestRail
2 5 (6.49%) Zephyr
3 3 (3.90%) Selenium
4 1 (1.30%) Gatling
4 1 (1.30%) JMeter
4 1 (1.30%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.30%) NeoLoad
General
1 26 (33.77%) Banking
2 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
3 15 (19.48%) Finance
4 12 (15.58%) Public Sector
5 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Manufacturing
5 8 (10.39%) Marketing
6 7 (9.09%) Electronics
6 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Back Office
8 1 (1.30%) Billing
8 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.30%) Front Office
8 1 (1.30%) Legal
8 1 (1.30%) Police
8 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (15.58%) Architect
1 12 (15.58%) IT Support
1 12 (15.58%) Senior
2 10 (12.99%) IT Engineer
2 10 (12.99%) ServiceNow Architect
3 9 (11.69%) Desktop Support
3 9 (11.69%) Support Engineer
4 8 (10.39%) Senior Architect
5 7 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 7 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (9.09%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 5 (6.49%) Analyst
6 5 (6.49%) Break Fix Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Lead
6 5 (6.49%) Test Leader
7 4 (5.19%) Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Server Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Test Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.18%) REST
2 13 (16.88%) AngularJS
2 13 (16.88%) JSON
2 13 (16.88%) SOAP
2 13 (16.88%) Web Services
3 12 (15.58%) Apache Camel
3 12 (15.58%) HTML
3 12 (15.58%) HTML5
3 12 (15.58%) JDBC
3 12 (15.58%) jQuery
3 12 (15.58%) LDAP
3 12 (15.58%) ODBC
3 12 (15.58%) RabbitMQ
3 12 (15.58%) SAML
4 2 (2.60%) Middleware
4 2 (2.60%) XML
5 1 (1.30%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.30%) Kafka
5 1 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 30 (38.96%) Data Centre
2 12 (15.58%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.60%) Reinsurance
5 2 (2.60%) Tandem
6 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (40.26%) Android
1 31 (40.26%) Mac OS
2 12 (15.58%) Windows
3 6 (7.79%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.19%) Linux
4 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) Agile
2 19 (24.68%) Customer Service
3 15 (19.48%) DevOps
3 15 (19.48%) Microservices
4 14 (18.18%) ITSM
4 14 (18.18%) Scrum
5 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (15.58%) Break/Fix
6 12 (15.58%) Integration Patterns
7 10 (12.99%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (11.69%) Test Management
9 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (10.39%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.39%) Test Strategy
10 7 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (9.09%) Programme Management
11 6 (7.79%) Defect Management
11 6 (7.79%) Migration
11 6 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) JavaScript
2 7 (9.09%) SQL
3 3 (3.90%) Java
4 2 (2.60%) C
4 2 (2.60%) Python
4 2 (2.60%) VB
5 1 (1.30%) C++
5 1 (1.30%) COBOL
5 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (53.25%) SC Cleared
1 41 (53.25%) Security Cleared
2 16 (20.78%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.39%) ISTQB
4 5 (6.49%) Degree
5 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.60%) MCITP
5 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.30%) ISEB
6 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.18%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) ISO 15022
4 1 (1.30%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 6 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (19.48%) HP ALM
2 12 (15.58%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.60%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.60%) SCOM
4 1 (1.30%) Grafana
4 1 (1.30%) HP Operations Orchestration
4 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (44.16%) Apple
1 34 (44.16%) Dell
2 30 (38.96%) Cisco
3 14 (18.18%) ServiceNow
4 13 (16.88%) Remedy
5 12 (15.58%) BMC
5 12 (15.58%) Ivanti
5 12 (15.58%) SAP
6 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
7 6 (7.79%) Oracle
8 4 (5.19%) IBM
9 1 (1.30%) Alteryx
9 1 (1.30%) Charles River
9 1 (1.30%) Citrix
9 1 (1.30%) F5
9 1 (1.30%) MobileIron
9 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.30%) Sage
9 1 (1.30%) SimCorp
9 1 (1.30%) VMware